Am I being simulated by their love affair?

The movies he showed to Mochizuki Haruka were all about death. From the current perspective, no matter whether the impact on the girl was good or bad, at least she had a certain understanding of death.

Next, it was time to find some lighthearted films. Matsueda Jun leaned on the railing and looked at his classroom, but there was no one there.

During lunch break the next day, Jun Matsueda and Tomoka Tomatsu were standing on the podium as Class 2, Grade 1, were discussing class activities for the cultural festival.

"According to the number of votes, the tentative decision is currently to choose the dessert house. Any other opinions?"

There was no sound from the audience. Matsueda Jun lowered his head and wrote on a piece of white paper, "Pastry shop, style to be determined." He looked up and continued, "So positions like store manager and cashier need to be decided in advance. Does anyone have any recommendations?"

The girls started discussing it with great interest, and some boys joined in the fun by shouting out the names of their best friends.

Jun Matsueda turned around and wrote down the names mentioned by everyone on the blackboard one by one. He took a step back and looked at these names.

There is no Tomatsu Tomoka.

He could also understand that although the girl was the center of Class 2 and was excellent in both home economics and interpersonal skills, because of the recent confession controversy, no one wanted her to show up too often.

In fact, Tomatsu Tomoka had barely left the classroom recently, except to go to the bathroom. Thanks to the calm response of the parties involved, the wave of confessions that had become a farce had begun to subside.

Just as Matsueda Jun was about to speak, a voice suddenly came from outside the window.

"—I—you!"

The person sitting by the window opened it.

"--I like you!"

Someone leaned out the window to see who was shouting outside the teaching building during lunch break. The windows of other classes were also open, and everyone seemed curious.

"Tomoka Tomatsu from Class 2, Grade 1, I like you—"

The boy's voice came into the classroom through the window and echoed clearly.

The audience's attention was focused on Tomatsu Tomoka who was standing next to the podium. The girl glanced out the window and said, "Close the window."

The student next to the window obediently closed it, and Matsueda Jun continued the conversation, "So, regarding the division of labor in the dessert shop—"

"Tomoka Tomatsu from Class 2, Grade 1! I love you!!!"

The Class 2 classroom was very quiet, but the entire teaching building was noisy. Matsueda Jun could hear the voices of a group of classmates talking on the other side of the wall.

There were scattered footsteps in the corridor. It seemed that someone ran out of the teaching building, wanting to go downstairs to see the true face of this warrior. Some people also came to the classroom of Class 2, Grade 1, wanting to peek at the reaction of the person who was confessed.

"We'll discuss the cultural festival next time. Everyone, please rest first. Students near the windows in the corridor, please draw the curtains."

Tomatsu Tomoka returned to her seat and sat down, pulling up the light-colored curtains to block the curious eyes in the corridor.

"Class 2, Grade 1 - Tomatsu Yuka-san - I love you!!!"

The arrogant voice moved away. I don’t know if it was being chased by someone or what, but it didn’t matter anymore.

Jun Matsueda walked out of the classroom and closed the front and back doors. He was the class monitor, and if he didn't show up for this kind of thing, people would definitely gossip about him.

"It's just a farce. The school should announce the criticism this afternoon. There's nothing exciting or interesting about our class."

He smiled and said to the people in the corridor, but the crowd did not disperse immediately. They just stared at the two doors, hoping to see the girl in the limelight come out.

After a few dozen seconds, the crowd began to disperse when the scolding of the teachers patrolling in the stairwell could be heard in the corridor.

Before leaving, one boy turned around and asked Matsueda Jun maliciously, "Matsueda, the girl you rejected is about to become a heartthrob. How do you feel?"

Without waiting for Matsueda Jun to answer, the boy ran away immediately.

Jun Matsueda looked at the boy's back. He didn't have any feelings, but that didn't stop him from thinking that the guy deserved a beating.

He threw the chalk in his hand and hit the running boy on the head, and the boy staggered in fright.

The teaching building soon returned to the tranquility of lunch break. Mizushima Miya sat in her seat looking at Tomatsu Touka on the other side. The girl was not affected at all and continued to write notes with her head down.

Mizushima Miya sighed. The matter was finally over. He had already confessed his love outside the teaching building. How could it be more exaggerated?

However, until the end of the afternoon, the expected announcement of criticism did not appear. The broadcast only said that the students who violated the rules were being investigated and that such incidents would be severely punished in the future.

After the buzzing sound of the radio being turned off, the atmosphere in Class 2, Grade 1 became tense.

Just as everyone had expected, the turmoil surrounding their vice-class leader Tomatsu Tomoka was not over, it was just beginning.

Chapter 93: The Call of Impending Collapse

Jun Matsueda received a call from Mizushima Miya three days after the confession incident in the teaching building.

Before answering the phone, he walked into the living room, picked up the remote control, and turned down the volume of the TV a lot.

Kurusu Yoshi suddenly jumped up from the sofa, and after he made a receiver gesture to his ear, the girl lay back down again.

Jun Matsueda walked to the balcony. In mid-October in Tokyo, the night was already noticeably cool enough for people wearing only short sleeves.

"Mizushima, why am I calling you at this hour? What's going on?"

"Has Songzhi read the school forum?" The voice on the other end sounded a little anxious.

"No." In fact, he has never logged into the forum since the bullying incident.

"Please open it now and take a look!"

"Okay." He returned to his room, turned on his second-hand computer, and entered the URL of the school forum.

The first post that caught my eye was: "Has Tomatsu Tomoka become arrogant since the National Conference?"

This must be the reason why Mizushima Miya asked him to look at the forum. Matsueda Jun clicked the mouse with a subtle mood, and a long discussion thread appeared in front of him.

He quickly glanced at it and found that the general content was about Tomatsu Tomoka from Class 2, Grade 1, who was the biggest contributor to the wind band winning the national gold medal this time. She was favored by the principal of the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra. In addition, she had the best grades and was good-looking, so she was a little arrogant in school.

Everyone took turns listing several pieces of detailed evidence.

1. She doesn't respect boys. Not only is she cold towards the boys' confessions, she doesn't even have the most basic courtesy. She is sarcastic to those who confess their love, and later she simply doesn't respond.

Many boys who had confessed their love for her shared their experiences in their replies.

"These boys are just being shameless. They don't like Tomatsu at all. They just wanted to join in the fun because there was one. They got angry and embarrassed when they were pointed out!" Mizushima Miya said indignantly on the other end of the phone.

Matsueda Jun returned to the forum homepage and clicked on last week's hot post. "Is Tomatsu Tomoka really that charming?"

This post was made right after the wind band returned from the national conference. It describes in detail the process of the poster listening to his friend's story of falling in love at first sight with Tomatsu Tomoka and then failing to confess his love. The poster, who did not believe in superstition, tried it himself and quickly fell for her.

Why does it feel a bit like Zhihu Yanxuan? He scrolled down, and saw the process of others going from skepticism to marveling at the girl's pure appearance. Further down, there was a discussion thread with confessions and check-ins.

Apparently, that's how the confession craze of the past two weeks came about. What's this? What are the ten things boys at Hanaoka High School must do at school?

Jun Matsueda returned to that post and continued to look at the evidence of Tomatsu Tomoka's crimes.

2. He doesn't respect girls. He looks down on other girls because of his good looks. I can often feel her contemptuous gaze.

It seems that the person who spoke was also a girl. Surprisingly, many people agreed with such subjective feelings. Do the girls in Yuqiu High School have the ability to read each other's minds?

3. Disrespect for seniors. When Hirata confessed his love to her last week, she took the initiative to speak rudely to the seniors who were watching. Even after being admonished by the seniors who were dissatisfied with her, she showed no remorse and even became more sarcastic.

There are other pieces of evidence below, but Jun Matsueda is too lazy to read them. Anyway, the summary is that Tomatsu Tomoka does not respect anyone. If you only look at the posts in the forum, the girl is like a god of war fighting against heaven and earth.

There are other posts on the forum's homepage, mainly discussing Tomatsu Tomoka, both anonymous and not.

"If we let them continue to act recklessly and confuse right and wrong like this, Tomoka's situation at school will become very bad!" The worry and anxiety in Mizushima Miya's voice were like the night outside the window, so thick that it could not be dissolved.

"I will report to Mr. Kominato when I arrive at school tomorrow. Besides, all the classmates know what kind of person Tomatsu is, and everyone will care about her." Tomatsu Tomoka has many friends, unlike Matsueda Jun, who only learned his lesson after the bullying incident and established closer relationships with others.

However, if we think about it from the perspective of signs of bullying, this time the surging tide is even more turbulent than the last time. However, Tomatsu Tomoka is not a pushover. She even has experience as a perpetrator.

Jun Matsueda leaned back on the chair, looking at the ceiling in front of her. She thought there was absolutely no problem in protecting herself. During the wind band training session, she only exerted a little force and all the seniors fell down.

"Is there any way to delete these forum posts first?" Mizushima Miya was still unwilling to give in.

"There's nothing we can do. This forum was created by a senior who graduated a while ago. Even if the school wants to delete it, they have to contact him first." The school doesn't have the time to create a forum specifically for students to gossip and chat. He already knew all this.

"Okay, thank you Matsueda-san. I originally wanted to let Tomoka call you personally, but she refused to call you no matter what." The girl sighed. She still wanted to get closer to the two of them.

"...Maybe it's because I've experienced similar things, and she's afraid of affecting my mood." He decided to end the topic.

"Sorry." The person on the other end of the phone began to panic.

"It's okay. It's not too early. Mizushima should go to bed early." Jun Matsueda went to the kitchen to pour himself some water.

After the phone call was disconnected, Jun Matsueda picked up the water cup and drank it in big gulps. The clear water flowed from the corners of his mouth and flowed down his neck and collarbone.

He wiped the water from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand, walked into the living room, and sat down on the other end of the sofa. On the TV screen, a colorful picture kept changing.

Kurusu Yoshi kicked his thigh with her sockless feet. "What happened? I've never seen you come to the living room to watch TV on your own initiative before."

Matsueda Jun pushed her feet away, and the girl giggled from the itchiness. "It seems like there's something better than the TV show waiting for me."

"Really? I want to see it too!" Kurusu Yoshi jumped in front of him. "Working at 711-Eleven is so boring! The uniform isn't as good-looking as Lawson's, and you won't let me take off my mask!"

"Not showing your face can save the service industry a lot of trouble, especially for people like us with good-looking faces." This is what Jun Matsueda said from experience.

He returned to the topic, "Although it was very interesting and I did look forward to such a development, but when it actually happened in front of me, the feeling was still very complicated."

He had hoped to get back at others in their own way.

The next day after arriving at school, he stood next to Tomatsu Yuka and said, "Come on, let's go find Teacher Kominato and report the situation."

The girl nodded obediently, without saying a word, and stood up and left the classroom with him.

It was the end of get out of class, and the hallway was crowded. Tomatsu Yuka was trailing behind Matsueda Jun. She could feel the gazes from all directions, like hooks or barbed tentacles, eager to rip open her shiny, radiant skin and reveal her dark, damp, bloody, and shameful interior.

She looked at the boy's back. Three months ago, on the day when she begged for forgiveness, she was the one who walked through this corridor with Matsueda Jun. Looking back now, it seemed like it was a thing of the past life.

Jun Matsueda knocked on the office door. Kominato Shoko was not at her seat. He turned around and said, "The teacher may not be here. You can sit in her seat and wait."

Jun Matsueda looked at the girl sitting on the office chair. Her eyelashes were flickering and blinking very quickly. It was unclear whether it was because of anxiety or for some other reason.

As if she had anticipated what he was going to say, Tomatsu Tomoka took the initiative to speak. The girl smiled sweetly at the boy, as if she had taken the initiative and comforted him.

"Don't worry, Matsueda-san, I'll take care of it."

Jun Matsueda looked at her deeply. The girl had said the same thing to him after school a few days ago.

Tomatsu Tomoka reached her right hand into her pocket and stroked the scriptures that had become fragile from being folded so many times. Recently, whenever she did this, she would find peace and courage.

There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves punishment. Whoever fears has not been made perfect in love.

Chapter 94: The End of Darkness

Xiaominato Shengzi looked at the forum opened on the computer screen with a frown.

"This is what happened, Mr. Kominato." Jun Matsueda stood behind Tomatsu Tomoka, keeping some distance from the two of them.

He was not Tomatsu's parent, but just the class monitor. He had already fulfilled his duty by bringing her to see the head teacher.

"I know about Tomatsu-san's situation. I will report it to the school." Although she said this, Teacher Kominato sighed, "From the school's point of view, students are free to discuss things however they want. The school will not intervene until it has a real impact on Tomatsu-san's life. You have to be mentally prepared." She said to the girl standing beside her.

Tomatsu Tomoka nodded.

"Teacher, has the school not found the classmate who had a white exterior on the teaching building?" Matsueda Jun was more curious about this matter.

Xiaominato Shengzi shook his head.

The two left the office and walked through the corridor again. It was already class time and only the sound of the teacher lecturing could be heard from the corridor.

It got quiet so quickly, the girl thought.

......

All topics about Tomatsu Tomoka spread quickly, and soon turned from forum discussions into word of mouth.

Youhua looks down on the members of the wind band.

Tomatsu-san orders her suitor around like a dog.

Tomatsu Tomoka uses her good looks to deceive boys and threaten girls. She is a sweet-mouthed but treacherous person.

It only took four days for her to start being isolated from Class 2, Year 1.

Jun Matsueda watched all this happen from the perspective of a bystander. It seemed as if time had been turned back four months, except that the protagonist on the cross had changed.

Things got even worse when the girl opened her shoe cabinet and saw her indoor shoes cut into tatters.

The class teacher, Shoko Kominato, checked the surveillance footage and discovered that twenty or thirty people had stopped at Tomatsu Tomoka's shoe cabinet that day.

When asked why, these people said, "We just wanted to send a love letter to Tomatsu-san."

So where did the love letter go? No one knows, and the matter was left unresolved.

Jun Matsueda knew very well that it was impossible for so many people to really hate Tomatsu Tomoka from the bottom of their hearts. Many people were just the silent majority, so once those with malicious intentions spoke out, this quiet space would immediately be filled.

Just like the corridors in a teaching building, most people just pass by in a hurry, and only those with other ideas will stay here for a long time.

Mizushima Miya even began to doubt whether it was wrong to speak up for her friend. When she posted a debate on the forum, ten accounts would pop up to fight back against her.

Those standing in the darkness longed for an opponent, but Tomatsu Tomoka, who showed no will to resist, was unable to satisfy their evil mentality at all.